tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post7828880381083708382..comments2018-03-17T17:56:59.234+01:00Comments on EL Eтоs UT: China reiterates sovereignty over Nansha Islands EL Etoshttps://plus.google.com/111683365675203687716noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-89276515351202166802015-04-10T07:33:05.029+02:002015-04-10T07:33:05.029+02:00Obama says China bullying smaller nations in South...Obama says China bullying smaller nations in South China Sea row ...<br /><br />US president Barack Obama said Washington is concerned China is using its “sheer size and muscle” to push around smaller nations in the South China Sea, just hours after Beijing gave a detailed defence of its creation of artificial islands in the contested waterway.<br /><br />China’s rapid reclamation around seven reefs in the Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea has alarmed other claimants, such as the Philippines and Vietnam, and drawn growing criticism from US government officials and the military.<br /><br />While the new islands will not overturn US military superiority in the region, workers are building ports and fuel storage depots and possibly two airstrips that experts have said would allow Beijing to project power deep into the maritime heart of Southeast Asia.<br /><br />“Where we get concerned with China is where it is not necessarily abiding by international norms and rules and is using its sheer size and muscle to force countries into subordinate positions,” Obama told a town-hall event in Jamaica on Thursday ahead of a Caribbean summit in Panama...............theguardian.com<br />10/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com